What are the main differences and/or limitations between writing a memoir versus a diary? Do both of these texts serve the same purpose?

yes

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I think the answer is "Yes".

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i have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.

i do not think they will sing to me

frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.